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** The reason why Cerberus is usually portrayed with one head is not because of graphical limitations (somewhat) but because that's how he was portrayed in the novel.

*** Also might explain why Loki doesn't wear any pants...

* [[City of Adventure]]: A staple of the series! [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe]], literally, but there's enough magic for everyone!

* [[Changing of the Guard]]: While the demons generally remain the same, the original ''Shin Megami Tensei'' series always features a new main cast with each sequel.

* [[Limited Move Arsenal]] - Of the second type, with the exception of [[Digital Devil Saga]] and humans in [[Devil Survivor]], which use the first.

* [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]]: Magic attacks are generally much more useful than Physical attacks in the newer SMT games, due to the Press Turn system, which awards extra turns to the attacker if the attack exploits an elemental weakness. Few enemies are weak to Physical damage.

** Of note, too: the extra Press Turns are still awarded when Critical Hits are dealt, and there are several games, most notably ''Nocturne'', in which it is ''wizards'' who draw the short stick, as the damage they deal is lessened with the levels they gain due to the damage formula involved. Conversely, physical attacks such as Freikugel, Deadly Fury and Hades Blast, are all powered up with the extra levels, and the [[True Final Boss]] of ''Nocturne'' can ''only'' be reliably damaged with potent physical attacks.

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Just check the Characters page.

* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: ''Nocturne'' believes so. Both resident loners wind up as poster kids for [[Body Horror]]. A natural offshoot of ''Persona'''s [[The Power of Friendship]] beliefs.

* [[What If]] - Literally embodied a game called ''Shin Megami Tensei If''. Beyond that, the ''Devil Summoner'' series is also based around a [[What If]] - one which ties into the aforementioned game, which represents the branching point that leads to either the ''Devil Summoner/Persona'' continuity or main-series '''''Shin Megami Tensei'''''. ''If'' presents a what-if question... and ''Devil Summoner'' is the answer to it. On top of all this, the ''Raidou Kuzunoha'' prequel games in the ''Devil Summoner'' line provide a historical What If scenario, hinging, at least in part, on the Taisho period lasting longer than it did in our world.

* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]] - ''Digital Devil Saga''

* [[World of Ham]] - ''Every'' demon tries to out-ham each other. One could almost say power levels in this universe directly correlate to the demon's hamminess.

* [[World of Silence]] - Traditional goal of Law. In ''[[Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne]]'' Hikawa (who caused the world to get so screwed up and become the Vortex World in the first place according to Lucifer) and his Reason of Shijima takes this role. In ''[[Persona 4]]'' {{spoiler|this is the kind of world Izanami thinks the apathetic humans want}}.

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